Eternal Heavenly Emperor

Ordinary people could only fight against opponents of the same realm, sometimes winning, sometimes losing, whereas so-called geniuses were able to sweep all ordinary opponents within the same realm.

However, geniuses also varied in levels.

Some exceptional geniuses could even overcome opponents across a minor realm.

Cao Jingwen apparently went beyond the category of exceptional genius, as he was capable of crossing two minor realms in combat and not only won but also killed his opponents. From this calculation, he might even battle opponents three minor realms above him and remain undefeated.

This was truly terrifying.

Chu Hao had just killed an opponent who was from a higher realm, but could he cross another tier?

It was an unknown.

He couldn't help but look forward to encountering more opponents here. He could fight anyone within the Fourth Tier, and for those beyond the fifth tier, he estimated he wouldn't stand a chance. However, he had trained the Sky Stepping Technique to the Space-Condensing level. Once he started running at full strength, his speed was extremely fast. Coupled with this special environment, there was a good chance he could save himself.

Huh?

As he was walking, he suddenly saw a shadow of a plant. He paused, quickly stepped back a few steps, and turned his head to see a very strange plant, less than a foot tall, with only one main stem and two small, orange fruits at the top, pitifully small, barely larger than a soybean.

Seven Flower Fruit.

Chu Hao immediately showed an expression of surprise. The effort of searching everywhere was in vain, but it had unexpectedly appeared. Although he had never seen it before, Zhao Huan had described the appearance of the Seven Flower Fruit in detail before splitting up.

Was this an illusion or reality?

Just as he was about to investigate, he suddenly felt an extremely uncomfortable sensation. When he looked back, he saw a young man and woman emerging from the mist.

—It was Jin Yunlin and the Water Moon Fairy.

"Haha, heaven truly favors us, these two Seven Flower Fruits are destined to belong to the Fairy," Jin Yunlin laughed heartily, seemingly having already considered the Seven Flower Fruits as his possession, completely disregarding Chu Hao.

From the perspective of strength, this was indeed the case.

He suddenly leaped forward towards the Seven Flower Fruits, but midway through his leap, Chu Hao saw him suddenly disappear.

The Seven Flower Fruits were still there, but Jin Yunlin was gone.

Quite simply, that was an illusion, and Jin Yunlin had not leaped towards the correct location, hence he disappeared completely.

In just an instant, Jin Yunlin re-emerged from the mist, retreating backward with a displeased expression on his face. He thought it was easily within his grasp but ended up grasping at air. His gaze swept towards Chu Hao, and his face grew colder as he shouted, "What are you looking at?"

Great, he had provoked him as well.

"Brother Jin, don't bother with this person, let's quickly find that Seven Flower Fruit," the Water Moon Fairy said.

Jin Yunlin nodded hurriedly, saying, "Fairy, rest assured, I will obtain the Spirit Fruit for you."

The two hurried away.

Chu Hao felt angry, and it showed on his face, but he probably couldn't even match the Water Moon Fairy, let alone Jin Yunlin. To attack now would not be bravery but folly.

However, to release this pent-up anger, defeating the opponent was not the only way.

—For instance, finding the Seven Flower Fruit first and eating it right in front of them.

That's exactly what he did.

Chu Hao moved around, observing the Seven Flower Fruit from different angles, employing his ability to calculate. In the medicine field model in his brain, the real location of the Seven Flower Fruit had already appeared.

There!

He said in his mind, and his feet immediately began to move.

If he tried to track the Seven Flower Fruit by sight, he would never find it in his lifetime because it was completely a misdirection.

This was the mystery of the formation.

Chu Hao couldn't help but admire it in his mind, and this was just an abandoned medicine field. If it were still in its prime, the mist would probably be denser, the visibility even lower, and the angles of refraction multiplied, meaning it would have taken him an extremely long time to compute its location even if he wanted to.

In a normal situation, who could stay in someone else's medicine field for so long without being discovered?

Moreover, this was just mist, without any lethal mechanisms added.

It should not be underestimated.

Chu Hao silently nodded, no wonder many people who ventured into ancient tombs never returned.

It was truly perilous.

There were still 800 meters… 500 meters, 300 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters.

Huh?

Chu Hao was stunned, a wall suddenly blocked his way. If he detoured… only the devil knew where it might lead him.

Charge!

He condensed his right fist and struck, bang, his Star Force had a terrifying destructive impact, and immediately, a hole the size of a human head appeared in the wall.

Chu Hao couldn't help but take a sharp breath, such a sturdy wall.

If it were not for the passage of time, which had eroded and decayed the wall, this punch would never have penetrated it.

The power of time was truly invincible, and what of the War God then, eventually, all would turn into dust.

He enlarged the hole a bit and then squeezed through.

There were still 30 meters.

20 meters.

10 meters.

There again appeared that Seven Flower Fruit plant, but this time Chu Hao was certain it was not an illusion, but real.

He strode forward and indeed, the position of the Seven Flower Fruit had not changed at all.

Ha-ha, success.

Chu Hao did not directly pick the Seven Flower Fruit but instead retreated to one side to sit cross-legged and continued to clear his second Proper Vein.

——If this meridian is not cleared, eating the Seven Flower Fruit would be a waste.

Fortunately, he was about to clear this meridian. As soon as he did, he would consume a Seven Flower Fruit, wasting not a single bit.

He sat down peacefully, using the Earth Flame Jue to strike at the final "river path" of the second Proper Vein to achieve clearance.

Humming sounds filled the air, his entire body's cells transformed into a furnace, absorbing the power of Star Stones, then releasing it wave after wave, turning into the Power of Flame surging within his body, launching fierce assaults at the second Proper Vein.

This greatly accelerated his progress.

Two days later, Chu Hao finally cleared the second Proper Vein.

Two Meridians Early Stage.

However, this would immediately become a historical record.

Chu Hao walked over to the Seven Flower Fruit, stooped down, and harvested the fruit.

In the refraction of light, his figure appeared together with the Seven Flower Fruit in different corners.

"Someone has picked the Seven Flower Fruit."

"Ah, I'm going to kill him."

"What audacity, daring to snatch my Seven Flower Fruit."

The medicine field was suddenly filled with countless curses, and the person with the ugliest expression was Jin Yunlin.

He slapped his chest loudly, promising to secure the Seven Flower Fruit for Water Moon Fairy, but what about the results? Moreover, the person who succeeded was someone he had met on the road.

Damn it, had he known this would happen, he should have delivered an extra palm strike to send the kid to his demise.

Jin Yunlin's face was full of murderous intent. He did not need the Seven Flower Fruit, but he could not afford to lose face like this.

"There is still one Seven Flower Fruit. Water Moon Fairy, rest assured, I will definitely get the other Seven Flower Fruit for you," he said in a deep voice.

Water Moon Fairy was speechless. They had already analyzed and judged as best they could, combining the talents of two great geniuses, yet Chu Hao still outperformed them.

No one as clever as them could compete with someone whose luck was against the heavens.

——She, of course, thought Chu Hao was like a blind cat finding a dead rat. To say Chu Hao's wisdom surpassed hers and Jin Yunlin's, could she believe it?

"We still have plenty of time. Even for me, clearing one vein takes at least half a month. Moreover, the more veins cleared, the slower the progress," Jin Yunlin said, encouraging himself and Water Moon Fairy.

"Mm." Water Moon Fairy nodded, her heart chilled, knowing Jin Yunlin's record for clearing a vein was just fifteen days, truly astonishing. Even in Upper Three Counties, she could be considered a genius.

Indeed, she came from Luoshui Prefecture, one of the Upper Three Counties, from the Second Rank Sect Qinghua Sect.

If it weren't for this, why would Jin Yunlin be so eager to please her?

This young man might one day break out of Tianhe County and shine brilliantly.

...

Amid the envy and curses of countless people, Chu Hao swallowed the first Seven Flower Fruit and then sat down cross-legged, circulating the Earth Flame Jue to refine the medicine's power.

Boom!

An indescribable mysterious force arose within his body, yet it somewhat didn't seem like a force, as if a deity declared that if they said the Sun was square, then the Sun should be square.

Wherever this force surged, his second Proper Vein unreasonably expanded, round after round.

In less than half an hour, the second Proper Vein had reached its full expansion.

Immediately, Chu Hao felt an intense weakness.

That was because the second Proper Vein had fully opened, yet without the corresponding Star Force filling in, which caused such a reaction.

He hurriedly took out a Star Stone, absorbing its energy to replenish himself.

Two hours later, he stopped.

The second Proper Vein was completely filled.

Second Tier Peak.

An incredibly fast pace.

Thus said, having or lacking cultivation resources, or rather, the difference in cultivation resources, can cause martial artists' progress to differ as much as heaven and earth.

Chu Hao pushed on and started to assault the third Proper Vein.

He wanted to reach the Third Tier Peak in one breath.

However, clearing a vein took a long time. Chu Hao calculated that he definitely couldn't meet the ten-day deadline to rendezvous with Zhao Huan and the others, but he believed some of them must have seen him obtain the Seven Flower Fruit, so they needn't worry about him getting lost in the medicine field.

Since the effects of the Seven Flower Fruit would drastically diminish after being picked, Chu Hao decided to continue staying here.

He calculated the food in the Mustard Seed Ring, trying to eat conservatively, ensuring he lasted until the third vein was cleared.

Fortunately, he had already stepped into the Martial Master Realm, consuming very little physical strength, and his need for food was similarly reduced, especially as the food in the Mustard Seed Ring was meat from ferocious beasts of the Martial Master Realm, further lowering his consumption.

If he ate conservatively, he could last another half a month.

He said to himself.

Then, within this half a month, he would clear the third Proper Vein.

Chu Hao focused all his energy on cultivation. Unlike expanding veins, clearing them had no physical limits to endure, so as long as he wasn't sleeping, he was continuously in the midst of cultivation.

One percent, five percent, twenty percent, the third Proper Vein was continuously being cleared.